Allen, Phoebe · London : A. and C. Black · leaf 34
y,and extends over a third of its surface (Fig. 16). The bar is very likethe fesse, but differs from it, (a) in being muchnarrower and only occupying a fifth portion of thefield, (b) in being liable to be placed in any part ofthe field, whereas the fesse is an immovable charge,(c) in being used… … Fig. 15. Fig. 16. Peeps at Heraldry as barrjy the number of the bars being always stated,so that if there are six bars, it is said to be barry ofsix/ if eight, barry of eight (Fig. 17). The pale,probably derived from palusy a stake, is also a broadband like the fesse, but runs perpendicularly down…
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